Campbell Chapter 4
This chapter talks about the different national standards and educational systems that work in 11 countries around the world. All the countries work differently but have the same basic idea which is to set standards that every school should meet to teach their students. Like in the United Kingdom out music is based of of church and community.
I don't have any experience with education in other countries considering I have never been outside of the United States. One day I would really like to visit Australia to see their educational system first hand. I feel like it would be very interesting and exciting.
I can see how other countries systems and standards are different based on the countries history. Like with China gear toward socialist views due to their communist background.
History of the National Standards
This article is exactly what the title says. It is an overview of the history of National Standards. The idea of National Standards started in 1992. the National Committee for Standards in the Arts oversaw the production of the National standards. The standards and split into 3 groups K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. The Standards were approved on March 11, 1994. For many schools this means more work to meet the standards.
Doty- Using the Ohio Standards
This article is about the Ohio Fine Arts Standards and how we use them. The Fine Arts Standards include dance, drama/theatre, music and visual art. There are 5 common standards in the Ohio Fine Arts Standards and they are historical, cultural, and social contexts, creative expression and communication, analyzing and responding, valuing the arts/aesthetic reflection, and connections, relationships, and applications. Historical, cultural, and social contexts is for students to study the arts from many time periods and cultures. We want them to do this through forming describing and creating art. Creative expression and communication is all about the performing part of what we do as musicians. Analyzing and responding deals with being able to have a response to something a student has heard and we encourage students to have opinions on music they hear. Valuing the arts is important so that student can feel a connection to a piece of music they are playing and appreciate the music.
Molly- Campbell submission follows format, but is not detailed enough. Each of your paragraphs were only 2 sentences long, leaving out a lot of detail, and making your arguments very vague.
ReplyDeleteThe History of National Standards and Doty submissions do not follow the format for the assignment. While they are good summaries, you left out the last 2 paragraphs of the assignment.
Some questions to get you thinking for those: looking back on your high school music courses, did it seem your teachers were using the National and State Standards? What were some specific examples of lessons or rehearsals they taught where some of these might have been used? What about in your elementary classes- can you remember back to some lessons your elementary teachers taught you that used these Standards?
In your reactions: Do you agree with these standards? Do you agree with their importance in the role of music education? Why or why not? Would you change anything about them? What and why?